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Important Dates - Drake Online Programs
2024-2025 Important Dates
(Other Than the Law School and Drake Online Graduate Programs)
| Mon | May 20 |
Start of summer semester |
| Mon | May 27 |
Memorial Day holiday (university closed; classes do not meet) |
| Wed | June 19 |
Juneteenth holiday (university closed; classes do not meet) |
| Thurs |
July 4 |
Independence Day holiday (university closed; classes do not meet) |
| Sun | Aug 25 | End of summer semester |
| Fri | Aug 30 |
Summer term final grades due by 10:00am* |
| Mon | Aug 26 |
Start of fall semester |
| Mon | Sep 2 |
Labor Day holiday (university closed; classes do not meet) |
| Fri | Oct 4 |
Spring 2025 schedule of classes available |
| Mon | Oct 7 |
Faculty can begin submitting textbook adoptions for Spring 2025 classes: http://fast.ecampus.com/courses |
| Mon-Tue | Oct 14-15 | Fall break (classes do not meet) |
| Wed | Oct 16 |
Fall semester midpoint |
| Mon | Oct 21 |
Fall semester midterm grades due by 10:00am |
| Mon | Oct 28 | Deadline by which field-of-study changes must be made to be considered for spring registration |
| Fri |
Nov 1 |
Textbook adoptions due: http://fast.ecampus.com/courses |
| Mon | Nov 4 |
Spring 2025 registration begins |
| Mon | Nov 18 | Field-of-study restrictions removed from set of restricted courses (tentative) |
| Wed | Nov 20 |
Spring 2025 registration opens for non-degree-seeking students (tentative) |
| Wed-Sun | Nov 27-Dec 1 |
Thanksgiving break (classes do not meet) |
| Mon | Dec 2 |
University reopens; classes resume |
| Fri | Dec 6 |
Day free for study |
| Mon-Fri | Dec 9-13 |
Final evaluations |
| Wed |
Dec 11 |
Last day to add a J-term class online |
| Fri | Dec 13 | End of fall semester |
| Sat | Dec 14 | Commencement |
| Wed | Dec 18 |
Fall semester final grades due by 10:00am |
| Mon | Dec 23 |
Winter break begins (university closed) |
| Thurs | Jan 2 |
University reopens |
| Mon | Jan 6 |
J-term begins |
| Mon | Jan 20 |
Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday (university closed; classes do not meet) |
| Fri | Jan 24 | J-term ends |
| Mon | Jan 27 |
Start of spring semester |
| Wed | Feb 5 |
J-term final grades due by 10:00am |
| TBD |
TBD |
Textbook adoptions open for summer and fall classes |
| TBD | TBD |
Summer 2025, fall 2025 schedule of classes available |
| Fri |
Mar 14 |
Spring semester midpoint |
| Mon-Fri |
Mar 17-21 |
Spring break (classes do not meet) |
| Wed | Mar 26 |
Midterm grades due by 10:00am |
| Mon | Mar 31 |
Deadline by which field-of-study changes must be made to be considered for summer/fall/J-term registration (tentative) |
| TBD |
TBD |
Textbook adoptions due for summer and fall classes |
| Mon | Apr 7 |
Summer 2025 and fall 2025 registration begins (tentative) |
| Mon | Apr 21 | Field-of-study restrictions removed from set of restricted courses (tentative) |
| Wed | Apr 23 | Summer 2025 and fall 2025 registration opens for non-degree-seeking students (tentative) |
| Wed-Sat | Apr 23-26 | Drake Relays |
| Fri | Apr 25 | Undergraduate classes dismissed at 1:50pm |
| Fri | May 9 |
Day free for study |
| Mon-Fri | May 12-16 | Final evaluations |
| Fri | May 16 | End of spring semester |
| Fri | May 16 |
CPHS doctoral hooding and commencement ceremony |
| Fri | May 16 | Law School commencement ceremony |
| Sat | May 17 | Commencement |
| Wed | May 21 | Spring final grades due by 10:00am |
*Final grades for summer courses are based on the end date of the course; however, the latest date by which summer grades can be submitted is Aug 30. See Section 2.135 of the Faculty Manual for more details.
2024-2025 Important Dates
Drake Online Graduate Programs
| Mon | May 13 |
Courses open in Blackboard (Preview Week begins) |
| Thurs | May 16 | Last day to add first summer six-week session class online |
| Sun | May 19 | Last day to drop first summer six-week session class online |
| Mon | May 20 |
Start of first summer six-week session classes |
| Sun | Jun 30 |
End of first summer six-week session classes |
| Fri | Jul 5 |
First summer six-week session final grades due |
| Mon | Jul 1 |
Courses open in Blackboard (Preview Week begins) |
| Thurs | Jul 4 |
Last day to add second summer six-week session class online |
| Sun | Jul 7 |
Last day to drop second summer six-week session class online |
| Mon | Jul 8 |
Start of second summer six-week session classes |
| Sun | Aug 18 | End of second summer six-week session classes |
| Fri | Aug 23 |
Second summer six-week session final grades due |
| Mon | Aug 19 |
Courses open in Blackboard (Preview Week begins) |
| Thurs | Aug 22 |
Last day to add first fall six-week session class online |
| Mon | Aug 26 |
Start of first fall six-week session classes |
| Sun |
Sept 1 |
Last day to drop first fall six-week session class online |
| TBD | TBD |
Spring 2025 schedule of classes available |
| Sun | Oct 6 |
End of first fall six-week session classes |
| Fri | Oct 11 |
First fall six-week session final grades due |
| Mon | Oct 14 | Courses open in Blackboard (Preview Week begins) |
| Thurs | Oct 17 |
Last day to add second fall six-week session class online |
| Mon | Oct 21 |
Start of second fall six-week session classes |
| Sun |
Oct 27 |
Last day to drop second fall six-week session class online |
| Mon | Nov 4 |
Spring 2025 registration begins (tentative) |
| Wed-Sun | Nov 27-Dec 1 |
Thanksgiving break (university closed) |
| Sun | Dec 1 |
End of second fall six-week session classes |
| Fri | Dec 6 |
Second fall six-week session final grades due |
| Sat | Dec 14 | Commencement |
| Mon | Dec 23 | Winter break begins (University closed) |
| Thurs | Jan 2 |
University reopens |
| Mon | Jan 20 |
Courses open in Blackboard (Preview Week begins) |
| Thurs | Jan 23 |
Last day to add first spring six-week session class online |
| Mon | Jan 27 |
Start of first spring six-week session classes |
| Fri | TBD |
Summer and fall 2025 schedule of classes available |
| Sun | Mar 9 |
End of first spring six-week session classes |
| Fri | Mar 14 |
First spring six-week session final grades due |
| Mon | Mar 17 | Courses open in Blackboard (Preview Week begins) |
| Thurs | Mar 20 | Last day to add second spring six-week session class online |
| Mon | Mar 24 | Start of second spring six-week session classes |
| Mon | Apr 7 |
Summer and fall 2025 registration begins (tentative) |
| Sun | May 4 | End of second spring six-week session classes |
| Fri | May 9 | Second spring six-week session final grades due |
| Sun | May 17 | Commencement |
*Final grades for summer courses are based on the end date of the course; however, the latest date by which summer grades can be submitted is Aug 30. See Section 2.135 of the Faculty Manual for more details.
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